On Tuesday, January 6,E. Rivers Elementary students and staff started 2015 in a brand new building. The project began at the end of the 2013 school year and provides an inspiring learning environment for students and staff.

“We are excited and ready to bring our kids back to their neighborhood school,” says Matt Rogers, E. Rivers principal. “The new building is state-of-the art and the site is well laid out for our students, staff and parents. APS Facilities Services Department and Parrish Construction have been great partners during this process.”

The new building, located on the site of the original school, will house staff and students in grades K-5 with a student capacity of approximately 900 children – nearly double the size of the former building, originally constructed in 1952. The students will attend classes at the new building when they return from winter break on January 6, 2015.

The project finished under budget and within its planned 18-month timeframe. The new school will offer all of the latest amenities needed by its administration and students to optimize the learning environment.

“It has been a tremendous honor and opportunity to be involved with the E. Rivers project. The level of support and enthusiasm from the E. Rivers administration and the community has been fantastic and unrivaled,” says Paul Miley of Parrish Construction. “Working alongside APS and Collins Cooper Carusi, our collaborative efforts have yielded a first class facility. The design and construction of this facility not only demonstrates environmental stewardship in the pursuit of LEED Silver certification but also exhibits the facility characteristics to meet the needs of today’s students and faculty."

The School invites the community to attend an Open House Sunday, January 11, 2015 from 3-5 p.m. at its newly remodeled facility at 8 Peachtree Battle Avenue, N.W., Atlanta, GA 30305.

E. Rivers Elementary is one of Atlanta’s oldest schools. Opened in 1917, the original school burned down in 1948, a new school was then constructed on the same site. Construction on the third E. Rivers building is occurring in 2013-14 while students are temporarily located in the old Sutton Middle School. E. Rivers serves the South Buckhead communities of Loring Heights, Ardmore Park, Brookwood Hills, Underwood Hills, Collier Hills, Peachtree Hills, Colonial Homes. E. Rivers Elementary feeds Sutton Middle School and North Atlanta High School. Source: www.eriverselementary.com

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Attention: E. Rivers Elementary Parents and Students This is to inform you that beginning, Monday, March 24, students and staff at the main campus of Warren T. Jackson Elementary School will temporarily co-locate with E. Rivers Elementary while a gas leak is repaired. Students and staff are expected to return to the Jackson Elementary main campus by the end of the week. Additional information will be communicated via robo-calls and your school website to ensure minimal disruption during this temporary co-location. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

District Announcements

Due to the winter storm covering metro Atlanta, Atlanta
Public Schools will remain closed today, February 26. APS annual employees
(Employees who work 242 days.) should report at 11 a.m. APS advises employees
to contact their supervisor if road conditions prohibit them from coming to
work at this time.

Also, all district activities including community
meetings, regular season athletic-related events and activities, and
afterschool events are cancelled for today.

The GHSA State Quarterfinal basketball playoff game
between South Atlanta High School and Morgan County High School will continue
tonight as scheduled at 6:30 p.m. at South Atlanta High School.

APS charter schools’ employees, parents and caregivers
should contact their schools directly and monitor their websites and social
media channels for updates.

Parents of students in
grades K–12 have access to class schedules, attendance records and grades by
Campus Portal for Parents (CPP) which is an easy-to-use, secure communications
tool. Additionally, CPP enables parents to verify household information,
including their email address, home address and telephone numbers.

Contact your child’s
school to get your CPP activation key. Parents are required to request the
CPP activation key in person. To ensure that all student information remains
secure, parents must provide a valid photo ID (driver’s license, state ID card,
or passport) before receiving the CPP activation key. Once parents receive the
activation key, they can visit https://ic.apsk12.org/portal to create a
unique username and password.

The Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords parents and students who are
18 years of age or older ("eligible students") certain rights with
respect to the student's education records.
These rights include the right to provide written consent before the
school discloses personally identifiable information (PII) from the student's
education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure
without con­sent.

One
exception which permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to school
officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the
school as an ad­ministrator, supervisor, instructor, or support staff member
(including health or medical staff and law enforcement unit personnel) or a
person serving on the school board. A
school official also may include a volunteer or contractor outside of the
school who performs an institutional service of function for which the school
would otherwise use its own employees and who is under the direct control of
the school with respect to the use and maintenance of PII from education
records, such as an attorney, audi­tor, medical consultant, or therapist; a
parent or student volunteering to serve on an official committee, such as a
disciplinary or grievance committee; or a parent, student, or other volunteer
assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate
educational interest if the official needs to review an educa­tion record in
order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility.

Also, upon
request, the school discloses education records without consent to officials of
another school district in which a student seeks or intends to enroll, or is
already enrolled if the disclosure is for purposes of the student’s enrollment
or transfer.

For more
information about Student Records and disclosures, including directory
information, please refer to the Student Handbook, and Board Policy JR and
Administrative Regulation JR-1(R).